This is so telling.
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This is so telling.
Every academic currently working in the US needs to read these replies.
And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.
Will US academics even be able to attend conferences anymore? Eg, healthcare, life sciences, climate/environmental science?
With what funds? And to present what research? What’s left after everything that was funded by or in collaboration with NIH, USAID, CDC, WHO, NOAA, etc?
People outside the US have more integrity about the bullshit happening here than some Americans.
These were never our tools though. Yes they worked for us for decades but we never owned this shit.
Get back into community to have discourse because they are erasing science off the internet.
Scientific research is going to be a big area for this because we are seeing this shit crumble before our eyes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still do the work. It just means we’re going have to think more creatively and return to grassroots work to share out science.
Audre Lorde’s speech “the master’s tools will never destroy the master’s house” as a liberatory framework is gonna set a lot of us free. We can’t think we’re going to move needles from inside companies that are openly aligning with our oppression. That’s not how we get free my loves.
I think a lot of people #OnHere (& I mean myself too) really really don't fully get how many people out in the world fundamentally do not know what's happening in the federal govt & don't fully get the stakes of it when they know it's happening. Need to be running major ad campaigns about this shit.
And the dance!!
Really doesn’t make sense.
Fuck.
CALL CONGRESS and tell them to OPPOSE cuts that are threatening to take away programs that millions rely on like Medicaid, rent assistance, nutrition assistance, and student loans.
SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts
CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.
Been confused about this since it started.
Taking this as a sign.
This moment makes me want to be back in Chicago as a professor. Can’t explain why.
This is just the beginning. The subsequent restructuring of NIH will have a long-lasting impact on the global landscape of medical science research. Expect a "brain drain effect" as scholars in the US leave to other countries. Expect the US to become much weaker in medical science and technology.
Scientists and health professionals: You are NOT powerless, here. You can
- Write an OpEd
- Learn #SciComm skills! While colleagues are muzzled, be their voice!
- Organize your colleagues to write a joint letter
- Start a whisper network to share info
- Be a thorn in their side
#ScienceNotSilence
Sweeping restrictions at NIH have halted grant reviews, workshops, and hiring. Travel and communication bans block scientists from presenting work, recruiting for clinical trials, and publishing. Fear and uncertainty now threaten U.S. biomedical research progress. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
Oh is that the tones in those? I dunno I’ve been playing with layering for a minute but this combination hits
Part of the problem is I don't even think they *teach* 1984 anymore.
Please lol
There are so many platforms now where folks are trying to have public discourse. Twitter gave us one central place where we could share intellectual thought on everything from politics to sports to art to pop culture. Right now all these apps seem segmented and I can’t explain it.
There is a whole generation of academics and scholars that are not going to keep switching platforms and may never adopt anything after Twitter. They got on there at a time when their careers had space for using social media consistently. Wondering what that means for a lot of that science.
Bal D’Afrique and Apprenti Wild Flowers
Ahhh I see. I love that!
Nah the way I layered these colognes today I deserve to be holding somebody’s daughter.
Lol that is big Leo energy. Every Leo femme I know moves with a ‘Worship Me’ mantra
